INSTRUCTOR BIOS
Renata Fast
Renata Fast first wore the maple leaf as a member of the National Women's Development Team in 2014. She won gold with that team at the 2015 Nations Cup before joining the National Women's Team at the 2015 Four Nations Cup, winning the silver medal. Following a second straight silver at the Four Nations Cup in 2016, she made her IIHF Women's World Championship debut in 2017, helping Canada to the silver medal. She also contributed to Canada's silver medal in her Olympic debut at PyeongChang 2018. Fast had played forward her entire career until she switched to defence the year before starting college.
That changed certainly worked in her favour at Clarkson University as her career really took off. After reaching the NCAA quarterfinals as a freshman in 2012-13, she helped Clarkson win its first ever national championship in 2013-14 and was named to the Frozen Four All-Tournament Team. The players on the underdog team came together in their belief in each other to outwork their opponents. She made it back to the Frozen Four with Clarkson as a senior in 2015-16. After graduation, she was selected second overall by the Toronto Furies of the CWHL and was a finalist for league Rookie of the Year in 2016-17, having led all Toronto defencemen in scoring.
Steve Davies
Steve played Jr. "A" for the Cornwall Royals of the Quebec Major Junior League and the Brockville Braves of the CCHL where he was named the League M.V.P. He signed with the Philadelphia Blazers of the W.H.A. and played briefly in their organization before attending Saint Mary's University where he was selected to the C.I.A.U. (now USport) All-Canadian Team. He was invited to try out for the 1980 Canadian Olympic Team but declined the invitation to accept a teaching position at Crescent School in Toronto where he has taught History for 38 years.
Steve is one of the most experienced goalie coaches in Canada. He ran his first goalie school in 1972 and has run goalie camps across the country for over 40 years. He has worked for many hockey associations and also served as the goalie coach for a number of high level teams. Included in this list are, Wexford Raiders Jr. "A", York University Men's Varsity Team, the Oshawa Generals (O.H.L.), and the Newmarket Royals (O.H.L.). Steve is currently a member of the O.H.L. Goaltending Advisory Board. The mandate of the Board is to work with the O.H.L. to improve goalie coaching at all levels of hockey across the province.
Jennifer Botterill
Jennifer Botterill was a member of the Canadian Women's Hockey Team from 1997-2011 and has attended 4 Olympic Games. She is a three-time Olympic Gold Medalist (2002, 2006, 2010) and an Olympic silver medalist (1998). She is a five-time World Champion and was twice named the most valuable player at the World Championship tournaments.
Jennifer is a graduate of Harvard University and completed her degree with honours. She also played hockey for Harvard and is the only two-time winner of the Patty Kazmaier award (given to the top player in women's college hockey). She still holds the NCAA records for most consecutive games with a point and for most points in a hockey career.
Paul Martini
A two-time Olympian, five-time Canadian champion and seven-time world professional champion pairs figure skater with partner Barbara Underhill. Paul is a member of the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame, when he was inducted in 1997. Martini and Underhill's technique was described as "dramatic death spirals, backward upside-down lifts, spectacular throws and innovations."
No single accomplishment resonated more than their 1984 world championship win on home soil, which remains one of the top moments in Canadian sports history. Martini prides himself on helping hockey players find their figure skating footing, especially when he was featured in the show Battle of the Blades. Martini continues to help hockey players do this in the community and beyond.
Adrian Lomonaco
Adrian has over 17 years of experience in coaching, teaching and development. Adrian played professional hockey in Europe and is a power skating and skills coach. Lomonaco has worked with players at the NHL, AHL, CHL, NCAA, Olympic, National and Amateur levels. He has a unique ability to break down the skills of hockey, and to teach players. Under Adrian's guidance, players have been rewarded with achieving new levels of confidence and success in hockey. Also under Adrian's guidance, players have been rewarded with achieving new levels of success in hockey. He continues to enjoy the process of his students striving for new levels of excellence.
Greg Schell
Greg is entering his 25th season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and was appointed to his position in youth & amateur hockey development by Ken Dryden in 2000. In his current role, Schell has been instrumental in helping shape the future of hockey in Canada by creating best practices for National Hockey League teams through child development hockey programs. He not only operates a number of the Club's development programs, but also plays an important role as the club's representative to Hockey Canada and is an elected member of the NHL's Youth Development Advisory Board.